Request to Hijack libdbd-sybase-perl

2009-07-07 Thread Jonathan Yu
Hi: libdbd-sybase-perl is a Debian package maintained by Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org. It is also quite outdated, and there are bugs filed against it dating from 6+ years ago. I have e-mailed the maintainer of the package directly, then subsequently filed a follow-up request to the initial

Re: Request to Hijack libdbd-sybase-perl

2009-07-07 Thread Jonathan Yu
Okay, I admit I look like an asshole here. And I suppose I am not being too nice about this. I apologize to Steve if this looks like a personal attack, I admit that in some ways it was. because I was upset when I wrote this mail. The first thought that went through my mind when reading through

Re: Request to Hijack libdbd-sybase-perl

2009-07-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 04:07:22PM -0400, Jonathan Yu wrote: I admit I look like an asshole here. And I suppose I am not being too nice about this. I apologize to Steve if this looks like a personal attack, I admit that in some ways it was. because I was upset when I wrote this mail. I am

Re: Request to Hijack libdbd-sybase-perl

2009-07-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 02:53:52PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: IOW, you can't actually point to an issue *that affects you* with the current version of the package, or you wouldn't have had to quote the upstream changelog at me. Do you even use the software? What testing have you done to

Re: Request to Hijack libdbd-sybase-perl

2009-07-07 Thread Jonathan Yu
Steve: I must apologize profusely for my behaviour vis a vis all of this. It was upsetting to me that my first e-mail didn't elicit any sort of response or acknowledgement, even though I had seen you participating on other mailing lists. I felt like the request was ignored entirely, and failed to